DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Final Effect of Designation of a Class 

of Employees for Addition to the 

Special Exposure Cohort 

AGENCY: National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HHS gives notice concerning 

the final effect of the HHS decision to 

designate a class of employees from the 

Battelle Laboratories King Avenue 

facility in Columbus, Ohio, as an 

addition to the Special Exposure Cohort 

(SEC) under the Energy Employees 

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information, please include the 

document identifier HHS–OS–19201– 

60D for reference. 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Application for waiver of the two-year 

foreign residence requirement of the 

Exchange Visitor Program. 

OMB No.: 0990–0001. 

Abstract: The J-l visa is an exchange 

visa which carries a two-year return 

home requirement. The Department 

uses form HHS 426 and supplementary 

information sheets Supplement A— 

Research and Supplement B—Clinical 

Care to make a determination, in 

accordance with its published 

regulations, as to whether or not to 

recommend waiver of the two-year 

foreign residence requirement to the 

Department of State. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: Required as part of the 

application process to collect basic 

information such as name, address, 

to submit an Information Collection 

Request (ICR), described below, to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). The ICR is for extending the use 

of the approved information collection 

assigned OMB control number 0990– 

0001, which expires on September 30, 

2013. Prior to submitting the ICR to 

OMB, OS seeks comments from the 

public regarding the burden estimate, 

below, or any other aspect of the ICR. 

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be 

received on or before June 11, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 

Information.Collection 

Clearance@hhs.gov or by calling (202) 

690–6162. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information Collection Clearance staff, 

Information.Collection 

Clearance@hhs.gov or (202) 690–6162. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When 

submitting comments or requesting 

family status, sponsor and current visa 

information. 

Likely Respondents: Research 

scientists and research facilities. 

Burden Statement: Burden in this 

context means the time expended by 

persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose or provide the information 

requested. This includes the time 

needed to review instructions, to 

develop, acquire, install and utilize 

technology and systems for the purpose 

of collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information, to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information, and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. The total annual burden 

hours estimated for this ICR are 

summarized in the table below. 

TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS 

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

HHS 426 .......................................................................................................... 80 80 2 160 

Total .......................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 160 

OS specifically requests comments on 

(1) the necessity and utility of the 

proposed information collection for the 

proper performance of the agency’s 

functions, (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected, and (4) the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology to minimize the information 

collection burden. 

Keith A. Tucker, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Final Effect of Designation of a Class 

of Employees for Addition to the 

Special Exposure Cohort 

AGENCY: National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HHS gives notice concerning 

the final effect of the HHS decision to 

designate a class of employees from the 

Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply 

Company in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as an 

addition to the Special Exposure Cohort 

(SEC) under the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation 

Program Act of 2000. On March 6, 2013, 

as provided for under 42 U.S.C. 

§ 7384q(b), the Secretary of HHS 

designated the following class of 

employees as an addition to the SEC: 

All Atomic Weapons Employees who 

worked for Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply 

Company at the covered facility in Fort 

Wayne, Indiana, from March 1, 1943, through 

December 31, 1947, for a number of work 

days aggregating at least 250 work days, 

occurring either solely under this 

employment, or in combination with work 

days within the parameters established for 

one or more other classes of employees 

included in the Special Exposure Cohort. 

This designation became effective on 

April 5, 2013, as provided for under 42 

U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning 

on April 5, 2013, members of this class 

of employees, defined as reported in 

this notice, became members of the SEC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division 

of Compensation Analysis and Support, 

NIOSH, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C– 

46, Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 

877–222–7570. Information requests can 

also be submitted by email to 

DCAS@CDC.GOV. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

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